Education
2015
Master of Fine Arts (Research), H1, VCA, University of Melbourne
2010
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours), H1, RMIT University
Selected Awards, Grants & Residencies
2019
Australia Council Career Development Grant
MASS MoCA Studio Residency, Massachusetts, USA
Working Artist Grant, Washington, USA
Keith and Elisabeth Murdoch Travelling Fellowship - Finalist
2017
The Churchie National Emerging Art Prize - Finalist
Whyalla Art Prize - Finalist
Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize - Finalist
2016
Stuart Black Memorial Travelling Scholarship
Bayside City Council Residency
Abbotsford Convent Start-up Program Studio Residency
2015
Ursula Hoff Institute Inc. Drawing Award
Incinerator Art Award - Finalist
2013
Takt kunstprojektraum residency, Berlin, Germany
2012
Facetnate! The Japan Foundation Sydney Visual Art Grant
2011
Lloyd Rees Memorial Youth Art Award
Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award - Finalist
RMIT Honours Travelling Endowment Scholarship
2010
Siemens RMIT Fine Art Award
Solo Exhibitions
2017
Shifting Shapes, Forming Spaces, C3 Contemporary Art Space, VIC
2016
Forms and Diagrams (For Harmonic Ideals), Anna Pappas Gallery, VIC
2014
Geometric Findings, Five Walls Projects, VIC
2012
Shifting, Langford 120 (the wall), VIC
Inside is Outside, Outside is Inside, Seventh Gallery, VIC
Ma: Space between here and there, Japan Foundation Gallery, NSW
Selected Group Exhibitions
2018
Chart Form, curated by Kent Wilson, La Trobe Art Institute, VIC
Utopian Tongues, curated by Jake Treacy, Seventh Gallery, VIC
Vis à Vis, curated by Charlotte Watson, Five Walls, VIC
2017
Superman 3, curated by Patrick Larmour, Tributary Projects, ACT
2016
Imbue, curated by Aimee Board, Rubicon ARI, VIC
2013
Natürlich, curated by Isabel Manalo, Takt Kunstraum, Berlin, Germany
Selected Publications
2019
Renewed Sense of Wonder: Interview with Yuria Okamura, Create Magazine, https://createmagazine.com/read/yuria-okamura-interview
2016
In Conversation with Yuria Okamura, Jean Kemshal-Bell. http://abbotsfordconvent.com.au/blog/in-conversation-with-yuria-okamura
Yuria Okamura, Aimee Board, https://issuu.com/dualsite/docs/yuriaokamura_final
2014
Yuria Okamura at Five Walls Gallery, Meg Crawford, Weekend Notes, http://www.weekendnotes.com/yuria-okamura-five-walls-gallery/
2013
Featured in Fukt #12: A magazine for contemporary drawing, Berlin
2012
Young Collectors 2012, Dan Rule, Your weekend: In the galleries, The age, 28 July
Collections
Justin Art House Museum Collection, VIC
Working Artist Org Collection, U.S.A
Lane Cove Council Collection, NSW
Private Collections in Australia, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, U.S.A and Japan